Maestri the Maestro by Jed Tai You’re somewhat forgiven if you’ve never heard of Troy State head coach Don Maestri, much less realize that he’s on the doorstep of being legendary. But after his Trojans captured the Atlantic Sun Tournament title with a 80-69 win over Central Florida to send […]
Month: March 2003
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Conference Notebook by Michael Protos In Like A Lion The ACC finished its regular season Sunday and will start the conference tournament with the play-in game Thursday between 8th-seeded Clemson and 9th-seeded Florida State. The final day of regular season action added to the anticipation of this year’s […]
Big 12 Notebook
Big 12 Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider Starting this Thursday, the Big 12 will launch its sixth annual conference tournament. And with three of the nation’s top six teams competing (No. 4 Texas, No. 5 Oklahoma and No. 6 Kansas), all eyes will be cast upon Dallas, Texas for much […]
Southland Conference Notebook
Southland Conference Notebook by Scott Allen The Southland Conference tournament gets under way this Monday with a pair of first-round games on the campuses of Texas-Arlington and Southwest Texas. Regular season champion Sam Houston State and second-place finisher Stephen F. Austin received first-round byes and will host second-round games on […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 10th, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki The last full day with regular season games was a wild one, and none exemplified the day more than the classic rivalry matchup between visiting No. 10 Duke and North Carolina. North Carolina started the season fast, winning the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 9th, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki The first NCAA Tournament bids went out on Saturday, and that included one more than expected. Two of the teams will be making their debut in the Big Dance. All of the latest recaps are detailed at our Championship […]
Ohio Valley Semifinals
Ohio Valley Conference Semifinals by Zach Van Hart No. 1 Austin Peay vs. No. 4 Murray State The Governors barely escaped an upset for the second straight game, this time needing an extra five minutes to finish the job. But after two nail bitters, they are exactly where they were […]
Big South Semifinals
Big South Semifinals Recap by Michael Protos And that’s why they play the games… No matter what logic may dictate in predicting winners in March collegiate basketball games, madness is the rule. Thou shalt not attempt to bring order to the chaos. The basketball gods will smite all who demand […]
Southern Conference Quarterfinals
Southern Conference Quarterfinals by Mike Baller Everything is going as planned in the Southern Conference Tournament . . . almost. It’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the top half of the bracket and the No. 2 seed is into the semis in the lower bracket. The one unforeseeable disruption […]
Atlantic Sun Semifinals
Atlantic Sun Semifinals by Kristy Shonka UCF upsets top-seeded Mercer The fifth-seed UCF Golden Knights outscored Mercer 47-27 in the second half en route to a 79-59, earning the right to play for the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The teams went […]
